{"id":67043,"date":"2025-06-04T19:19:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T02:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=67043"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:46:09","slug":"the-choice","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/townhallseattle.org\/event\/the-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Choice: Documentary Screening and Post-Show Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"4714:5379;a\"><em>The Choice<\/em>\u00a0follows the recent 2024 city council election in Portland, Oregon. Facing a public housing crisis, civic unrest, and the fallout of drug decriminalization, the city overhauled its government, expanded leadership through proportional representation, and introduced ranked-choice voting (RCV)\u2014a bold but controversial electoral system. Through exclusive access to the candidates, real-time election coverage, and Portlanders navigating a new system,\u00a0<em>The Choice\u00a0<\/em>captures a defining moment in the city\u2019s history, where democracy is reimagined, and the future of public safety, governance, and leadership hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"4714:5379;a\">Join Town Hall Seattle and the Kaphan Foundation for a screening of\u00a0<em>The Choice<\/em>\u00a0followed by a conversation with David Daley, a nationally recognized journalist whose writing on democracy and voting rights appears regularly in\u00a0<em>The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post<\/em>, and<em>\u00a0Slate<\/em>, alongside Senior Researcher with the Sightline Institute&#8217;s Democracy program, Shannon Grimes, and the two candidates featured in the film, District 1 Councilor Candace Avalos and Police Officer Eli Arnold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p data-aura-rendered-by=\"4714:5379;a\"><em>The Choice<\/em>\u00a0follows the recent 2024 city council election in Portland, Oregon. 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